Spin polarization of two-dimensional electron system in different Laughlin states and around filling factor ν=1

Abstract

Abstract The spin configuration of the ground state of a two-dimensional electron system is investigated for different FQHE states from an analysis of circular polarization of time-resolved luminescence. The method clearly distinguishes between fully spin polarized, partially spin polarized and spin unpolarized FQHE ground states. We demonstrate that FQHE states which are spin unpolarized or partially polarized at low magnetic fields become fully spin polarized at high fields. Temperature dependence of the spin polarization reveals a nonmonotonic behavior at ν= 2 3 . At B >4T and ν ≼1 the electron system is found to be fully spin polarized. This result does not indicate the existence of any skyrmionic excitations in high magnetic field limit. However, at B ν= 2 3 and ν= 4 3 becomes broader for lower magnetic fields, so that full spin polarization remains only in a small vicinity of ν =1. Such a behavior could be considered as a precursor of skirmionic depolarization, which would dominate for smaller ratios between Zeeman and Coulomb energies. We demonstrate that the spin polarization of 2D-electron system at ν= 2 3 and ν =1 can be strongly affected by hyperfine interaction between electrons and optically spin-oriented nuclears. This result is due to the fact that hyperfine interaction can both enhance and suppress effective Zeeman splitting in fixed external magnetic field.